OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychometric performance of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD: 818 parents of children with CP, aged 8-12 from nine regions of Europe completed the CHQ (parent form 50 items). Functional abilities were classified using the five-level Gross Motor Function Classification Scheme (Levels I-III as ambulant; Level IV-V as nonambulant CP). RESULTS: Ceiling effects were observed for a number of subscales and summary scores across all Gross Motor Function Classification System levels, whilst floor effects occurred only in the physical functioning scale (Level V CP). Reliability was satisfactory overall. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) revealed a seven-factor structure for the total sample of children with CP but with different factor structures for ambulant and nonambulant children. CONCLUSION: The CHQ has limited applicability in children with CP, although with judicious use of certain domains for ambulant and nonambulant children can provide useful and comparable data about child health status for descriptive purposes.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychometric performance of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD: 818 parents of children with CP, aged 8-12 from nine regions of Europe completed the CHQ (parent form 50 items). Functional abilities were classified using the five-level Gross Motor Function Classification Scheme (Levels I-III as ambulant; Level IV-V as nonambulant CP). RESULTS: Ceiling effects were observed for a number of subscales and summary scores across all Gross Motor Function Classification System levels, whilst floor effects occurred only in the physical functioning scale (Level V CP). Reliability was satisfactory overall. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) revealed a seven-factor structure for the total sample of children with CP but with different factor structures for ambulant and nonambulant children. CONCLUSION: The CHQ has limited applicability in children with CP, although with judicious use of certain domains for ambulant and nonambulant children can provide useful and comparable data about child health status for descriptive purposes.
Authors: Dolan Sondhi; Stephen M Kaminsky; Neil R Hackett; Odelya E Pagovich; Jonathan B Rosenberg; Bishnu P De; Alvin Chen; Benjamin Van de Graaf; Jason G Mezey; Grace W Mammen; Denesy Mancenido; Fang Xu; Barry Kosofsky; Kaleb Yohay; Stefan Worgall; Robert J Kaner; Mark Souwedaine; Bruce M Greenwald; Michael Kaplitt; Jonathan P Dyke; Douglas J Ballon; Linda A Heier; Szilard Kiss; Ronald G Crystal Journal: Sci Transl Med Date: 2020-12-02 Impact factor: 17.956
Authors: Shatha M Albokhari; Wallaa A Garout; Maha M Al-Ghamdi; Alyaa A Garout; Sundus M W Noorsaeed; Shahad M Daali Journal: Saudi Med J Date: 2019-11 Impact factor: 1.484
Authors: Astrid Janssens; Morwenna Rogers; Rebecca Gumm; Crispin Jenkinson; Alan Tennant; Stuart Logan; Christopher Morris Journal: Dev Med Child Neurol Date: 2015-12-11 Impact factor: 5.449